CHAU CHAK WING MUSEUM EXHIBITION

Exhibition Artifacts

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D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
P[VBLIO] AEL[IO] CLERVCHO
AUG[VSTI] LIB[ERTO] FL[AVIA] RHODO
PE CONIUGI BENE
MERENTI FECIT

Translation

FOR PUBLIUS AELIUS CLERUCHUS,
A FREEDMAN OF THE EMPEROR.
FLAVIA RHODOPE HAD THIS MADE
FOR HER HUSBAND,
A WELL-DESERVING MAN.
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO THE SPIRITS
OF THE DEPARTED.

Description

Funerary urn for the ashes of Publius Aelius Cleruchus, a freedman.

Italy, AD 100-200, found at Palestrina, Italy before 1857

acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson in Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860

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